The Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Rules of Procedure in Children's Hearings) Rules 2013

Travelling and subsistence expensesS

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97.—(1) The persons mentioned in paragraph (2) may make a claim, to the relevant local authority for the child, in respect of that person's attendance at a pre-hearing panel or children's hearing.

(2) Those persons are—

(a)the child;

(b)any relevant person;

[F1(ba)any person who is to be afforded an opportunity to participate in relation to the children’s hearing by virtue of rule 2A;]

(c)any person representing [F2a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (ba)];

(d)any interpreter acting on behalf of [F3a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (ba)];

[F4(da)any individual who claimed to qualify to be afforded an opportunity to participate in relation to the children’s hearing by virtue of rule 2A;]

(e)any individual who claimed to have or recently have had significant involvement in the upbringing of the child;

(f)any individual who has a contact order regulating contact between the individual and the child;

(g)any individual who has a permanence order which specifies arrangements for contact between the individual and the child.

(3) Where a claim is made to the relevant local authority for the child under paragraph (1) the local authority must pay to the claimant travelling expenses and such other expenses and subsistence as have, in the opinion of the local authority, been reasonably incurred by the claimant.

(4) This rule does not apply to a solicitor or counsel representing [F5a person mentioned in paragraph (2)(a), (b) or (ba)] at a pre-hearing panel or children's hearing.

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